Answer — Exercise 2
3 - A United Kingdom?·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Listen to three people from the UK talking about their own cultural identities. Which three things from the box in Exercise 1 does each person mention and why?
Answer
Speaker 1
- Carnival → went to Notting Hill Carnival every year; uses it as an example of how multi-racial and multicultural Britain is
- curry → grew up eating it; again, it’s an example of multiculturalism
- car boot sales → lives in the country and likes them – often finds mad stuff at them
Speaker 2
- the public school system → people who went to public school dominate the government and so not so left wing
- regional autonomy → sees Scotland as a separate country and wants more control
- God Save the Queen → is a republican and only sings a punk version
Speaker 3
- fish and chips → owns a fish and chip shop
- Islam → he’s Muslim
- football → explains his support of the Pakistan cricket team